In the floods that followed Katrina, many of the city's music education resources were washed away.

Read More:

In the floods that followed Katrina, many of the city's music education resources were washed away. That’s why Derrick Tabb of New Orleans' Rebirth Brass Band founded Roots of Music, an after-school program that provides band lessons to middle school students. To join, aspiring musicians must keep their grades up – and they get lots of support from undergraduate tutors from Tulane.